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<strong>Respiratory</strong> <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Service</strong><br />

David Prezant, MD<br />

Professor of Medicine<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Pulmonary Division<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

Chief Medical Officer, Office of Medical Affairs<br />

Co-Director of World Trade Center Medical<br />

Programs<br />

<strong>Fire</strong> Department City of New York<br />

Brooklyn, NY<br />

Jaswinderpal S<strong>and</strong>hu, MD<br />

Pulmonary Fellow<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

Michael R. Shohet, MD<br />

Associate Clinical Professor<br />

Otolaryngology- Head <strong>and</strong> Neck Surgery<br />

Mount Sinai School of Medicine<br />

New York, NY<br />

Dorsett D Smith, MD<br />

Clinical Professor of Medicine<br />

Division of Pulmonary <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> Critical<br />

Care Medicine<br />

Department of Medicine<br />

University of Washington Medical School<br />

Seattle, Washington<br />

Leah Spinner, MD<br />

Pulmonary Fellow<br />

Albert Einstein College of Medicine<br />

Montefiore Medical Center<br />

Bronx, NY<br />

Michael Weiden, MD<br />

Associate Professor of Medicine<br />

NYU School of Medicine<br />

Division of Pulmonary Medicine<br />

New York, NY<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

Medical Officer, Bureau of Health <strong>Service</strong>s<br />

World Trade Center Medical Program<br />

<strong>Fire</strong> Department City of New York<br />

Brooklyn, NY<br />

In concert with <strong>the</strong> United States <strong>Fire</strong> Administration, <strong>the</strong> <strong>IAFF</strong> sought independent<br />

review of this effort to provide us with technical <strong>and</strong> critical comments so as<br />

to ensure a complete <strong>and</strong> sound final product. The <strong>IAFF</strong> thanks <strong>the</strong> following<br />

organizations <strong>and</strong> individuals for <strong>the</strong>ir review of this manual.<br />

William Troup<br />

<strong>Fire</strong> Program Specialist, Project Manager<br />

United States <strong>Fire</strong> Administration<br />

Emmitsburg, MD<br />

James Melius, MD, DrPH<br />

Chair, Medical Advisory Board<br />

International Association of <strong>Fire</strong> Fighters<br />

Administrator, New York State Laborers’ Health<br />

<strong>and</strong> Safety Trust Fund<br />

Albany, NY<br />

S<strong>and</strong>y Bogucki, MD, PhD, FACEP<br />

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Yale<br />

University<br />

Associate EMS Medical Director <strong>and</strong> <strong>Fire</strong><br />

Surgeon, Branford <strong>Fire</strong> Department<br />

New Haven, CT<br />

Sara A. Pyle, PhD<br />

Assistant Professor<br />

Preventive Medicine & Family Medicine<br />

Kansas City University of Medicine &<br />

Biosciences<br />

Kansas City, MO<br />

Ed Nied<br />

Deputy Chief<br />

Tucson <strong>Fire</strong> Department<br />

Director, IAFC Health, Safety <strong>and</strong> Survival<br />

Section<br />

Tucson, AZ<br />

Lu-Ann Beeckman-Wagner, PhD<br />

Health Scientist<br />

Division of <strong>Respiratory</strong> Disease Studies<br />

NIOSH<br />

Morgantown, WV<br />

Robert Castellan, MD, MPH<br />

Expert<br />

Division of <strong>Respiratory</strong> Disease Studies<br />

NIOSH<br />

Morgantown, WV<br />

Christopher Coffey, PhD<br />

Chief<br />

Laboratory Research Branch<br />

Division of <strong>Respiratory</strong> Disease Studies<br />

NIOSH<br />

Morgantown, WV<br />

Paul Enright, MD<br />

Expert Consultant to NIOSH<br />

Professor<br />

University of Arizona<br />

Tucson, Arizona<br />

Thomas Hales, MD, MPH<br />

Senior Medical Epidemiologist<br />

Team Co-Leader, NIOSH <strong>Fire</strong> Fighter Fatality<br />

Investigation <strong>and</strong> Prevention Program<br />

NIOSH<br />

Cincinnati, OH

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